. >> the driver of the 18-wheeler stuck his hand out of the window yelling help. me and four other people went over and pried the door open. >> the tornado also snapped telephone poles and took down trees and left a lot of frayed nerves. >> my goodness. the time is 6:18, hopefully it is calm on the roadways. >> southbound 880 in oakland, cleared about 40 minutes ago. things have been moving smoothly. no major slowing here. 580 westbound is moving nicely. 24 out of the caldecott tunnel, mild slowing. east shore freeway is nice. folks will notice as you go through the streets of treasure island a couple blocks are blocked off because of equipment coming in, that will effect the muni line that takes you on to and off of treasure island. that only goes until 6:00 p.m. the bay bridge toll plaza, we have had a nice burst of traffic coming through the area, off of 880 and the east shore freeway. no metering lights yet. yesterday they were turned on early because of a disabled bus on the upper deck. a live look out there, we see that 19 minutes now out of the altamont pas